Around 40% of Germany’s wind turbines will soon be 15-years old. The French, Italian, Spanish, and British fleets are also aging. More than 86 gigawatts of Europe’s wind capacity is scheduled to...
Scotland's islands are to be brought into a £557m support scheme for renewable energy.
The Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland were previously excluded from bidding in the UK government's Contracts for Difference auctions.
Under...
New research from the Carnegie Institution for Science has highlighted the “considerable opportunity” of developing offshore wind in the open ocean, which could generate up to three to five times as much...
Microsoft has inked a 15-year deal to use 100 per cent of the power generated by GE's 37MW Tullehennel onshore wind farm in Ireland, in order to support growing demand for the...
Enel Green Power North America announced last week that it has signed a $330 million tax equity agreement with the Alternative Energy Investing Group of Goldman Sachs and GE Energy Financial Services...
Newly-formed Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has announced that it has been awarded an extension to its service agreement for the 504 megawatt Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm in the UK.
Service agreements may...
Vestas Wind Systems A/S announced a flurry of wind turbine orders to mark the end of the third quarter last week, with orders from the United States, India, Europe, and Latin America...
A pair of reports released by WindEurope asserts that by 2030, 30% of the electricity consumed in Europe could be generated from the wind. The continent is on track to overhaul its...
Europe’s wind power industry may attract 351 billion euros ($417 billion) of investment by 2030 if countries adopt reforms and targets for their energy systems in the next year, trade association WindEurope...
Wales' largest onshore wind farm is officially up and running, with Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones heralding the technology as a "key part" of Wales' low-carbon economic future.
Vattenfall, the Swedish developer of...
Kimberly-Clark Corporation has made a major commitment to renewable energy with agreements to annually purchase approximately 245 MW of electricity from two new wind power projects in Texas and Oklahoma. The renewable...
US automotive behemoth GM has announced it will purchase 200 megawatts worth of wind energy to meet 100% of the electricity needs of its Ohio and Indiana manufacturing facilities.
GM announced this week...
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy announced this week that it had received one of its largest ever Chinese wind turbine order, for 300 megawatts set to be delivered to Inner Mongolia.
Siemens Gamesa Renewable...
One of the world’s favorite candy companies, M&M’s, has launched a new campaign called Fans of Wind energy in an effort to inform consumers of the value of renewable energy and its...
Danish offshore wind energy giant DONG Energy has signed a Letter of Intent with the Canadian NaiKun Wind Energy Group for exclusive rights to the Haida Energy Field Offshore Wind Project in...
Scotland is celebrating yet another record-breaking month for wind power, new figures show.
Scottish wind turbines provided 846,942 megawatt hours of electricity to the National Grid, enough to supply the power needs of...
